The Nest - Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney

Description: Every family has its
problems. But even among the most troubled, the Plumb family stands out
as spectacularly dysfunctional. Years of simmering tensions finally
reach a breaking point on an unseasonably cold afternoon in New York
City as Melody, Beatrice, and Jack Plumb gather to confront their
charismatic and reckless older brother, Leo, freshly released from
rehab. Months earlier, an inebriated Leo got behind the wheel of a car
with a nineteen-year-old waitress as his passenger. The ensuing accident
has endangered the Plumbs joint trust fund, “The Nest,” which they are
months away from finally receiving. Meant by their deceased father to be
a modest mid-life supplement, the Plumb siblings have watched The
Nest’s value soar along with the stock market and have been counting on
the money to solve a number of self-inflicted problems.

Melody, a
wife and mother in an upscale suburb, has an unwieldy mortgage and
looming college tuition for her twin teenage daughters. Jack, an
antiques dealer, has secretly borrowed against the beach cottage he
shares with his husband, Walker, to keep his store open. And Bea, a
once-promising short-story writer, just can’t seem to finish her overdue
novel. Can Leo rescue his siblings and, by extension, the people they
love? Or will everyone need to reimagine the future they’ve envisioned?
Brought together as never before, Leo, Melody, Jack, and Beatrice must
grapple with old resentments, present-day truths, and the significant
emotional and financial toll of the accident, as well as finally
acknowledge the choices they have made in their own lives. (via Goodreads)

Thoughts: I enjoyed this book. While the main characters were not the most likeable people in the world, they certainly did add a flair to the novel. I enjoyed how you saw various points of view through out the book.Bottom line: A nice enjoyable read. Like the family dynamic between the siblings and even the non-sibling characters

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